Well I never thought that this day was coming. The beginning of the coop!
We leveled the rock wall at the four corners to hold the bearers (150x75 recycled hardwood.)
100x50 recycled hardwood joists made up the subfloor.
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 Bearers and joist in place |
I got a bunch of 100x50 hardwood from the recyclers a few weeks ago, I was planning to use it for the coop as is but when I started cutting it to Length I thought "it's just a chicken shed, not a bomb shelter" so I ripped it to 50x50 and made the frames from this stuff, not only is it strong enough, it now when twice as far.
Being so old and dry, it's been a real dog to nail and I quickly found that I needed to pre drill!
In the photos below I have a shot of the sprit level proving how level the joists are. Now this came about because the day before, as Liza and I were placing the bearers, Liza swore black and blue that it was not level at all! (owing to the slope of the block) even though the water level was spot on, she just didn't believe it... Well Lize, do you like apples?
Low tech baby, Yeah!!
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| Level? |
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| First Wall frame going up |
Well, it's been slow going on the coop but there has been some progress, which is good.
Today I braced the frame and filled in a few missing studs, placed the rafters on for the roof and the battens for the iron that we'll pick up during the week.
In addition to this I tied the frame down to the bearers with some uni-ties and the rafters where tied down with triple grips and hobb nailed too.
Yesterday saw our friend Richard and his daughter Julia visit from Sydney. Richi and I tackled a large boulder with wedges and the crow bar... See upcoming post for our success.
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| Bracing going on and rafters awaiting fixing |
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| Battens and done, bracing done. Ready for iron. |
